China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’ China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’
China is slowly winning control of the Greater Middle East and Central Asia's energy supplies with deals, strategy and lots of pipe.
Oct 12, 2010 / Pepe Escobar
In China-Bashing in the 2010 Election, Echoes of the Cold War In China-Bashing in the 2010 Election, Echoes of the Cold War
Democrats and Republicans are trying to outdo each other by blaming China for America's decline.
Oct 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking
Finally, after ten years, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Oct 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq
Seven months after Iraq's parliamentary election, there’s the first glimmer of a chance that an Iraqi government coalition might be within reach.
Oct 5, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Lieberman gives Obama a deadline of the end of 2010 before he has to take the military option, yes, "off the table."
Oct 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Surveillance, America’s Pastime Surveillance, America’s Pastime
In a relentless effort to watch and hear everything, government and law enforcement agencies today are actually casting a far broader surveillance net in the name of security than...
Oct 4, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
Netanyahu’s Freeze Scam Netanyahu’s Freeze Scam
What did Benjamin Netanyahu mean when he said he and Mahmoud Abbas should be prepared to make "painful concessions" for the sake of peace?
Sep 30, 2010 / Henry Siegman
Afghanistan: It’s Time for a Ceasefire, and Negotiations Afghanistan: It’s Time for a Ceasefire, and Negotiations
Gilles Dorronsoro, an iconoclastic visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, says Pakistan can deliver the Taliban to the bargaining table. It's time to try it.
Sep 24, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance
General Petraeus, who opposes a rapid pullout of troops from Afghanistan, has worked himself into the good graces of Obama. What does this mean for the Obama adminstration's path i...
Sep 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry
More and more, as the economic crisis continues and unemployment stays high, many politicians, labor officials and economists want to blame China and worse, take it out on Ch...
Sep 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss